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Clinical Research Coordinator I Seeking Breakthrough Makers
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation.
At CHOP, your experience is valued; your voice is heard; and your contributions make a difference for patients and families. Join us as we build on our promise to advance pediatric care-and your career.
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We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.
A Brief Overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to join the team as a Clinical Research Coordinator. This is a full-time position (100% FTE), with a projected start date between April and June 2024. The candidate for this position will play a critical role in implementing study protocols, recruiting participants, scheduling in-person study visits, and assisting with data management. The candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the dissemination of study findings, including being an author on abstracts and manuscripts. The candidate is required to have good communication and management skills, with experience doing clinical research. It is desired that the candidate has experience in digital/mobile health research, has an interest in health behavior, and a graduate degree (e.g., MPH). Interested candidates should upload a cover letter and a resume. The Mitchell Lab: The overarching goal of the Mitchell Lab is to help children
achieve optimal growth to prevent chronic diseases in later life by focusing on
energetic behaviors (sleep, diet, and physical activity) and their impact on body
composition in childhood. The Mitchell lab includes the Unit for Energetic
Behavior Research that conducts multidisciplinary epidemiological studies, using sensors to measure locomotor activity, advanced imaging to measure body
composition, detailed nutritional assessment to measure energy intake and
dietary behavior, geospatial methods to measure the neighborhood environment, and DNA collection for gene-behavior interaction analyses. In addition, the lab's Unit for Optimizing Behavioral Interventions uses the Multiphase Optimization Strategy framework to design digital interventions to improve energetic behavior profiles in childhood. https://www.research.chop.edu/mitchell-laboratory
What you will do
- Core responsibilities
- Adhere to an IRB approved protocol
- Participate in the informed consent process of study subjects
- Support the safety of clinical research patients/research participants
- Coordinate protocol related research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care
- Screen, recruit and enroll patients/research participants
- Maintain study source documents
- Under the supervision of PI Report adverse events
- Understand good clinical practice (GCP) and regulatory compliance
- Educate subjects and family on protocol, study intervention, etc.
- Comply with Institutional policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines, and with HIPAA and management of confidential materials
- Must comply with federal, state, and sponsor policies
- For multi-site studies or collaborations, support communication and meeting scheduling across teams
- Related responsibilities
- Manage essential regulatory documents
- Register study on ClinicalTrials.gov as appropriate
- Complete case report forms (paper & electronic data capture) and address queries
- Submit documents to regulatory authorities (e.g. IRB, FDA, etc.) and/or review/monitoring boards (ie,DSMB, independent safety officer)
- Facilitate pre-study, site qualification, study initiation, and monitoring visit as appropriate
- Facilitate study close out activities as appropriate
- Coordinate research/project team meetings
- Collect, process and ship samples as applicable to the protocol
- Schedule subject visits and procedures
- Retain records/archive documents after study close out
Education Qualifications
- High School Diploma / GED Required
- Bachelor's Degree Preferred
Experience Qualifications
- At least two (2) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Required
- At least three (3) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Preferred
Skills and Abilities
- Basic knowledge of IRB and human subject protection
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Strong time management skills
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.
Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.
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Jan 28, 2025